THE LIMEY d: Steven Soderbergh
The Limey (1999)
Direction: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay: Lem Dobbs
Cast: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda, Barry Newman, Joe Dallesandro, Nicky Katt, Amelia Heinle, Melissa George
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 so-called crime drama The Limey is easily the best Soderbergh effort I’ve seen. That’s partly due to the innovative narrative structure, which makes all but the last few minutes of this great film a flashback. The rest is due to an excellent script by Lem Dobbs, whose other great success came a year earlier, in Alex Proyas’ sci-fi thriller Dark City. Both films, despite their apparent differences, are acutely focused on human memory and [...]
by Dan Schneider | May 4, 2009
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Tags: Amelia Heinle, Barry Newman, Christopher Nolan, DVDs, Film Reviews, Joe Dallesandro, Lem Dobbs, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Melissa George, Nicky Katt, Peter Fonda, Psychological Drama, Steven Soderbergh, Terence Stamp, The Limey, Thrillers
THE LIMEY II – Terence Stamp
THE LIMEY – Part I
Aside from memory, there are superbly rendered details that distill the characters: Wilson radiates affection for Eduardo’s help in tracking down Valentine by fondly calling him Sancho (as in Panza). All of these things — along with Eduardo’s and Elaine’s motivations, and the portrayal of the relationship between the hitmen — work well. In fact, they work so well precisely because there are no specifics, but generalities sharply etched so that the viewer ‘feels,’ as well as understands, the motivations and relationships. That allows the viewer to feel what goes on inside Wilson, thus creating a stronger identification with him than would be gotten were all things laid [...]
by Dan Schneider | May 4, 2009
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Tags: Alain Resnais, Amelia Heinle, Barry Newman, DVDs, Film Reviews, Gena Rowlands, Jacques Tourneur, Joe Dallesandro, Lem Dobbs, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Melissa George, Michelangelo Antonioni, Nicky Katt, Peter Fonda, Psychological Drama, Robert Wise, Samuel Fuller, Steven Soderbergh, Terence Stamp, The Limey, Thrillers, Woody Allen
